Vichy
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- proper noun
- /ˈviːʃi/
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Vichy
- Her pessimism derived from the consolidation of the Vichy regime, the German victories in Greece, and the preparations for the attack against the Soviet Union.
- Vichy France
- Vichy government
- Vichy regime
And so you, you cannot, once you know that you can't hear Vonze and not think about that or Vichy, right?
- And so you, you cannot, once you know that you can't hear Vonze and not think about that or Vichy, right?
Examples
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De Mohrenschildt is a member of the Dallas Petroleum Club, speaks five languages, and was in French Vichy Intelligence during the war.
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The movie takes place in 1941 in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, Morocco.
Academic text (2014) -
And that government is known as Vichy France because France is divided into two zones.
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Because it ceased to battle, Vichy did not and could not acknowledge that the war was going on.
Academic text (1992) -
Put me through to the Vichy Commissariat of Police.
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In Paris on 21 November 1943, Lilli was arrested by Vichy French police and interrogated over several weeks.
Academic text (2013) -
Most ministers of the collaborationist government of Vichy were socialists before the war.
Blog text (8) -
The riots in Barcelona, the consumer boycott in Toronto, and the food riots in Vichy France were slightly different in nature.
Academic text (1996) -
In Vichy France, extreme right-wing groups, vociferous nationalists, and anti-Semites hailed the new regime.
Academic text (2006) -
Many residents of France opposed the Vichy regime and sought ways to resist its policies during the war.
Synonyms
French government that ruled from 1940 to 1944 and worked with Nazi Germany
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Vichy also refers to the French regime of 1940–44 that worked with Nazi Germany. It is called Vichy because the government was based in the town of Vichy, so the name links that regime to the place where it ruled from.